Enterprise Mobility: Mobile Application Development Seminar™
Take Advantage of the Mobile Platform

Learn the best practice strategies for choosing, planning and developing mobile applications

Mobile platforms are becoming THE platform. Whether you are an enterprise companie developing applications for your customers, partners or workforce or software developer or technology provider looking to take advantage of this worldwide install base, you'll want to attend this event.

Join us in Chicago when Top IT and Technology Executives from leading, area organizations discuss how they are handling:

Choosing the right apps to develop

Recognizing the right platforms you need to develop for

Development and Staffing Strategies for getting the right applications developed quickly and on target

and more!

KEYNOTE PANEL

Mike Tai, Director of Software Development at Apartments.com, has been in his role for over 6 years. His team has worked on several mobile initiatives including iPhone, Android and mobile website for the Apartments.com business using a combination of in-house staff, local consulting companies, and near-short staffing. Mike has been in the IT industry since 1987 starting out as a developer at Unisys Corporation and at Accenture for over 11 years as a Principal Architect. Prior to joining Apartments.com, Mike formed his own content management and consulting company myWebFront. Mike has a B.S.E. in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan and a M.S. in Computer Science from Northwestern University.

Jaime B Parent, Vice President of Information Technology Operations and Associate CIO, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is leading the technical transformation of Rush through various strategies, including infrastructure deployment support for an electronic medical record and a modernization of technology infrastructure. He is in charge of day to day IT Operations supporting the Rush University Medical Center, the four colleges comprising Rush University and Rush research activities. A trained and certified clinical microbiologist, Mr. Parent has 30 years of healthcare experience including 20 years in the Air Force Biomedical Science Corps, retiring at the grade of Lieutenant Colonel in 2003. He has held several IT and CIO related positions within the United States Air Force, Department of Defense and the University of Maryland Medical System.

Kevin Rice, Director Mobile Development, Allstate
As Director of Technology, Kevin is responsible for delivering solutions for his business partners to effectively and dynamically interact with consumers and customers through social media, e-commerce and mobile technologies. Kevin has been in IT over 25 years with a background in enterprise architecture and software delivery.

Moderator: Jack Holloway, Compuware, has
Over 20 years' experience as an account manager supporting companies in the Midwest including Motorola, Sears, United Airlines and others. Today Jack is the Director for Compuware's Professional Services group in Chicago focusing on M2M, Telematics and all aspects of Mobile Computing including corporate strategy, business impact and App development. .

EXECUTIVE BRIEFINGS

Getting To A "Mobile First" Mentality J Schwan, President & Founder of Solstice Mobile and Bottega Sol will discuss how to utilize mobile technology for driving customer awareness, consideration and intent, how to encourage customers to use mobile for on-demand purchases of products and services.

The Evolution and Adoption of Mobile Technologies in the Enterprise John Gavilan, Vice President & CTO, BridgePoint Technolgies will discuss the evolution and adoption of mobile technologies across both the consumer and enterprise markets. From the pocket PC to theiPad,it’s hard to fathom how muchmobile technology has progressed in the last 10 years. This begs the question, how much further will we come in thefuture?And how fast? To remain competitive, IT executives must adapt their organizations and technologies to the ‘age of mobile workforce’. In order to do so, they need to develop and deploy successful mobile strategies and scalable, customized, and cross-functional applications.

IN ADDITION, you'll

Network with Your Peers to make new contacts, compare notes and best practices

Meet top vendors in the industry, and

Earn Continuing Professional Education credit if you're a Club member

Who Should Attend:

Senior IT and LOB Executives

VPs & Directors responsible for mobile application development

Any IT Executives and Managers who provide UC or collaboration direction and support to LOB functions

CxO's and VP of Development for software developers, VAR's, OEM's and other Technology Companies looking to take advantage of Mobile Applications

Ecommerce Executives

VP's of Marketing & Sales who want to learn more about appllication develpment